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authorWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2016-05-18 06:01:18 +0000
committerWarner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>2016-05-18 06:01:18 +0000
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Make armv6 hard float abi by default. Kill armv6hf.
Allow CPUTYPE=soft to build the current soft-float abi libraries. Add UPDATING entry to announce this. Approved by: re@ (gjb)
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Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=300119
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@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 11.x IS SLOW:
disable the most expensive debugging functionality run
"ln -s 'abort:false,junk:false' /etc/malloc.conf".)
+20160517:
+ The armv6 port now defaults to hard float ABI. Limited support
+ for running both hardfloat and soft float on the same system
+ is available using the libraries installed with -DWITH_LIBSOFT.
+ This has only been tested as an upgrade path for installworld
+ and packages may fail or need manual intervention to run. New
+ packages will be needed.
+
20160510:
Kernel modules compiled outside of a kernel build now default to
installing to /boot/modules instead of /boot/kernel. Many kernel